MOTM

perpetual@... writes:

>>what's the bias against bananna plugs all about?  personally, i don't 
 like 1/8" jacks just because i've snapped more than a couple with a 
 good chord yank, but bananna plugs seem kinda cool.  all that 
 stacking stuff...<<

Banana plugs just don't seem like they were made to be constantly pulled in 
and out.  I remember reading a review of the Fenix semi-modular synth where 
the reviewer said that he could almost lift the entire synth by one patch 
cable.  Why would anybody want that?  I want cables that slip in and out of 
their jacks easily because I'm patching a modular synth with them.  Banana 
plugs seem about as practical as RCA jacks on a modular.  Nor do I want to be 
plugging and unplugging on top of or inbetween a stack of banana plugs.  
Multiples are cleaner.  There's no shield on the cable either and the cables 
are ugly.  And they don't interface with all the other equipment that most 
people have without going through cable converters or building a bunch of 
custom cables going from banana to 1/4", 1/8", RCA.  I can't think of 
anything positive about them.  They just aren't plugs for patching audio.

>>paul, care to comment on why you went 1/4"?  i know you've *GOT* to 
have an opinion on this one.<<

I can't comment for him, but it's a 1/4" world when it comes to a music 
studio and synth setup.  No need to introduce yet one more problem.

-Elhardt